A brief account of the province of Pennsilvania, lately granted by the King, under the great seal of England, to William Penn, and his heirs and assigns..
Contributors: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685; Jones, Robert; England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II)
Publisher: Printed for Benjamin Clark, in George-Yard in Lombard-Street, bookseller.
Published: 1682
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 14
Subjects: History
Other titles: Brief account of the province of Pennsylvania, lately granted by the King, under the great seal of England, to William Penn, and his heirs and assigns
Notes: Signed on page 14: William Penn.

First printed in London, 1681.

"An abstract of the patent granted by the King to William Penn, &c. the fourth of March, 1681": pages 2-6.

"The King's declaration to the inhabitants and planters of the province of Pennsilvania": pages 6-8.

Includes "The King's declaration to the inhabitants and planters of the province of Pennsylvania", issued on April 2, 1681, on pages 8-14.

This issue (Bronner and Fraser 60C) has the words "Pennsilvania" and "Seal of England" printed in italic type and pages 1-8 in roman and italic type. The different issues have been identifed by Edwin Bronner and David Fraser in volume 5 of "William Penn's published writings, 1660-1775; an interpretive bibliography", printed in Philadelphia, 1986.

The other issue (Bronner and Fraser 60D) with identical imprint has the words "Pennsilvania" and "Seal of England" and pages 1-8 printed in black letter.

Signatures: A⁸ (A1 verso blank).

See Vail, R.W.G. Voice of the old frontier, 206.

See Smith, J. Descriptive catalogue of Friends' books, II: page 298.

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed. 1994), P1256A

Bibliotheca Americana: catalogue of the John Carter Brown Library in Brown University, books printed 1675-1700, page 106

European Americana, 682/136

English short title catalogue, R220390

Purchase; 1942; 29099.